2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/admin/ChangeLog b/admin/ChangeLog
index 82974dc846f..0529a877120 100644
--- a/admin/ChangeLog
+++ b/admin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-12-01  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * update_autogen (commit): With git, call "add" before "commit".
+
 2014-11-19  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         Lessen focus on ChangeLog files, as opposed to change log entries.
diff --git a/admin/update_autogen b/admin/update_autogen
index d9d34fa3d6e..84e0584f220 100755
--- a/admin/update_autogen
+++ b/admin/update_autogen
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ commit ()
 
     echo "Committing..."
 
+    [ "$vcs" = "git" ] && {
+        $vcs add "$@" || return $?
+    }
+
     $vcs commit -m "Auto-commit of $type files." "$@" || return $?
 
     [ "$vcs" = "git" ] && {